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How to Apply

Current RNs and new RN graduates, or those graduating by Spring 2025, can apply for the Fall 2025 session starting on October 1, 2024 for the part-time cohort. 

Nursing Application Checklist 

When you’re ready to complete your application on Cal State Apply, be sure you have these items on hand: 

  • Unofficial transcripts: You’ll be asked to enter all the courses you’ve completed on your CSU application; those that are currently in progress; and any you plan to take. Transcripts will be requested by campuses as needed.
  • Your Social Security number, if you have one.
  • Your citizenship status
     
  • A method of payment: You can pay the application fee by credit card. Fee waiver available for eligible applicants.
  • Annual income: Your parents’ if you are a dependent; your income if you are independent.
  • CCCID and Campus ID Optional: every California Community College student is assigned a CCCID and a campus-specific ID number. These numbers should be printed on your transcript.
  • RN License number
  • Application with CalState Apply

Program Admission Requirements

Note, that the following requirements are needed to qualify for RN to BSN program:

  • Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
  • Pass NCLEX exam
  • Cumulative GPA of 2.75 in all courses

In addition, in order to be eligible for the RN to BSN program, you will need to have successfully completed the following 8-Core Courses:

  • Oral Communication (A1)
  • Written Communication (A2)
  • Critical Thinking (A3)
  • Chemistry: General, inorganic, organic, or integrated (with associated lab if required at the institution where the course was taken) (B1, B3)
  • Human Anatomy (with required lab) (B2, B3)
  • Human Physiology (with required lab) (B2, B3)
  • Microbiology (with required lab) (B2, B3)
  • Statistics (B4)

Weekend Intensives

Participation in two weekend intensives each semester is mandatory. The two day intensives are designed as community-building events and are critical components to meeting our program's outcomes. During the intensives, students participate in experiential learning through robust dialogue about complex issues, working with their peers on course-related presentations, attending live workshops facilitated by experts in the field, and utilizing simulation to promote empathy among diverse populations.

The intensives are held all day Friday and Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm twice a semester and attendance is required to pass the course.

Background Check, Drug Screen and vaccinations

To meet the requirements of the Nursing program, students must complete a background check, a 10-panel drug screen, and provide verification of specific vaccinations and insurance. This is done through the Complio system, which students must log into and create a profile.